Digital current events
Due: February 262017
Guidelines:
o Demonstrate knowledge of news articles from electronic sources related to contemporary issues in U.S. K-12 urban education (NOT college or university level). It should be about some educational policy either national statewide or local.
o Write a critical response in prose format (2 pages DOUBLE SPACED 1 MARGINS FOOTER). There is no need for a title or header as your name class assignment are in already in footer (see below).
o Sample Sources: (NOT Huffington Post opinion pages or blogs)
Newspapers: www.boston.com; www.chicagotribune.com; www.csmonitor.com; www.latimes.com; baltimoresun.com
www.nytimes.com; www.sunspot.net; www.washingtonpost.com
Magazines: Newsweek Time US News etc.
Other: www.ap.org; www.bbc.co.uk; www.cnn.com; www.npr.org
Refer to Rubric Below:
o Did you reference the article specifically? Use quotes from the article?
o Analyze the article in terms of the authors critical thinking.
Who wrote the article and why? Multiple perspectives?
Statistics? What information or perspective is missing?
This paper should be on US K-12 urban education should be 2 page critical analysis of the Article used validated the source
o Did you make connections and references to the class readings?
o Did you provide YOUR opinion on the event?
o Always provide footer in THIS FORMAT: